'The Office' star Rainn Wilson campaigns for imprisoned members of his faith

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As for other faiths' beliefs, 90% of my life has been spent out of Utah. I
lived in Washington, Arizona, Connecticut, Texas, Buenos Aires(mission),
Austria, and the Netherlands. My wife is a Spaniard and was Catholic, in a very
Catholic family. I am not shy about the fact that I am Mormon. I've talked
to priests, pastors, and read some of their works with respect to my church. So,
trust me, because to them, to suggest that revelation can be received and CANON
CAN BE ADDED beyond answering prayers is tantamount to blasphemy.

So, the question to ask yourself is, does your church have an open canon? If
you can truly, being completely honest with yourself say, "my church has an
open canon" then I will withdraw my statement.

Bahai'i are
good people. For two years I sat next to and worked with an Iranian
Bahai'i. Nice guy, he had a sad story to tell.

Res NovaeAshburn, VA

May 16, 2013 3:35 p.m.

@A Scientist,

Considering the twisting of LDS scriptures and
doctrines you routinely make in bashing Mormons, you'd be better off
sticking to your own advice. You can't rip into Red Headed for reporting
what lay members of other faiths have mistakenly told him about their official
doctrines when you don't hold yourself to the same standard when it comes
to what Mormons have said to you.

I know you don't exclusively
post on the DN site. I recognize the Mormonism you portray elsewhere as a
contortion of my beliefs. And there's not an issue or skeleton in the
closet you could shock me with, so don't claim a superior knowledge of my
faith than me.

As you expose Mormons to ridicule and undermine the
faith of believers, you may think it enhances your bona fides to use your active
spouse and church attendance as evidence that you're "in the know".
Personally, I think that participating in a community of people, including
your spouse, engaged in their sacred beliefs, perhaps even passing yourself off
as one of them, then running home to your keyboard to spew your vitriol for them
is simply beneath contempt.

DSBCedar Hills, UT

May 16, 2013 2:20 p.m.

@Scientist - as I've read your posts, I also have concluded that you know
far less about the LDS religion than you claim. Seems more like the prophecy of
Paul to Timothy - "Ever learning, and never able to come to a knowledge of
the truth." Also, other scriptures about being learned and thinking
you're wise.

Try a simple Google search to see if authoritative
figures in Catholic and mainline Protestant churches believe the scriptural
canon is closed with the Bible, and therefore doctrinal revelation as well. Red
Headed Stranger has merely repeated what most traditional religions teach as
truth, and why their ministers revile against us for our claim to continued
revelation.

A ScientistProvo, UT

May 16, 2013 12:54 p.m.

Red Headed Stranger,

When will LDS RMs ever realize that Bible
bashing with random, anonymous people who are NOT officials in respective
religions, does not make you an expert on those religions you are attacking?

As for my alleged "misrepresentations", I am married to a
temple-worthy LDS woman. I attend Church meetings regularly. I have degrees from
BYU. I know Mormonism much better than most Mormons! If you claim I have made
"inaccuracies", please feel free to point them out. Be specific. I would
be happy to discuss it, if the Editorial folks would allow it...

And
I was raised very actively in one of the religions about which you speak (and
about which you clearly know very little). I know their catechisms and theology
very well, from personal experience as well as university studies.

And my statement is true. I stand by it.

Red Headed StrangerBilly Bobs, TX

May 16, 2013 11:28 a.m.

"A Scientist

That is not true. All the major Christian religions
(Catholicism, Orthodox, Protestants of various kinds) have theological
conceptions of "continuing revelation"."

Really? Is that
why during my mission all those good Protestants and Catholics clucked their
tongues and waved their fingers in my face while they quoted Revelations
22:18-19? If they truly believed in revelation then they wouldn't believe
in a permanently closed cannon. After all, if God is talking to a prophet,
shouldn't the world hear about it? Wouldn't a prophet talking to God
receive information to clear up a basic doctrine like say, baptism?

I'm sure that each of those faiths believe in answers to prayers, and the
Catholics believe the pope receives spiritual guidance, but certainly not in the
same way that LDS do that we have an open cannon.

By the way, as a
life long member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, I have
noticed many inaccuracies in your comments about the LDS church. I would hope
that you please cease from misrepresenting religions you do not understand.
Because trust me, you don't understand us.

A ScientistProvo, UT

May 16, 2013 7:23 a.m.

I know it. I Live it. I Love it wrote:

"Random fact: The
Baha'i faith is one of the only religions outside the LDS Church that
believes in ongoing revelation from God to His servants on the Earth."

That is not true. All the major Christian religions (Catholicism,
Orthodox, Protestants of various kinds) have theological conceptions of
"continuing revelation".

Please cease from misrepresenting
religions you do not understand.

I know it. I Live it. I Love it.Salt Lake City, UT

May 15, 2013 7:48 p.m.

Random fact:

The Baha'i faith is one of the only religions
outside the LDS Church that believes in ongoing revelation from God to His
servants on the Earth.